Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly

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Women's 100 metre butterfly
at the 2009 FINA World Championships
Venue Foro Italico
Dates26 July 2009 (heats, semifinals)
27 August 2009 (final)
Competitors102
Winning time56.04 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  2007
2011  

The first heats of the Women's 100 m Butterfly took place on the morning of Sunday, 26 July. The semi-final took place in the evening session of 26 July and the final took place on the evening of 27 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. In the final, 7 of the 8 swimmers finished within the same second, and 5 within the same 0.1 of a second.

Contents

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:

World recordFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Inge de Bruijn  (NED)56.61 Sydney, Australia 17 September 2000
Championship recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Libby Lenton  (AUS)57.15 Melbourne, Australia 26 March 2007

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
26 JulyHeat 9 Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 56.76 CR
26 JulySemifinal 2 Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 56.44 WR
27 JulyFinal Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 56.06 WR

Results

Heats

RankNameNationalityTimeHeatLaneNotes
1 Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 56.7696 CR , NR
2 Dana Vollmer Flag of the United States.svg USA 57.15105
3 Jessicah Schipper Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 57.17104
4 Yafei Zhou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 57.34108
5 Christine Magnuson Flag of the United States.svg USA 57.4894
6 Jeanette Ottesen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 57.58107 NR
7 Ingvild Snildal Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 57.67109 NR
8 Aurore Mongel Flag of France.svg  France 57.75116 NR
9 Felicity Galvez Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 57.7693
10 Jiao Liuyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 57.90115
11 Annika Mehlhorn Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 58.0497 NR
12 Marleen Veldhuis Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 58.06114
13 Ellen Gandy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 58.0795
14 Daynara de Paula Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 58.2698
15 Yuka Kato Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 58.31106
16 Gabriella Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 58.35102
17 Jemma Lowe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 58.60103
18 Eszter Dara Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 58.61117
19 Kimberly Buys Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 58.6291 NR
20 Audrey Lacroix Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 58.6785 NR
21 Irina Bespalova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 58.74100
22 Ilaria Bianchi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 58.8192
23 Triin Aljand Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 59.0083 NR
23 Yui Miyamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 59.00118
25 Amit Ivry Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 59.02119
26 Micha Kathrine Østergaard Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 59.06112
27 Sara Isakovič Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 59.10111
28 Chantal Groot Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 59.24110
29 Caterina Giacchetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 59.6084
30 Emilia Pikkarainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 59.6986
31 Tao Li Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 59.73113
32 Kateryna Zubkova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 59.7790
33 Orsolya Tompa Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 59.8588
34 Martina Van Berkel Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 59.8781 NR
35 Birgit Koschischek Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 59.9399
36 Gabriella Fagundez Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 59.95101
37 Kristina Tchernychev Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:00.3280
38 Anna Yevchak Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:00.3776
39 Anna Schoholeva Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 1:00.4275
40 Iryna Niafedava Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 1:00.4689
41 Rita Medrano Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:00.4771 NR
42 Carolina Colorado Henao Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:00.5087
43 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 1:00.5667 NR
44 Laetitia Perez Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1:00.6774
45 Sze Hang Yu Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1:00.8365
46 Iris Rosenberger Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:00.8677
47 Mirela Olczak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:00.9373
48 Kelly Shim Robinson Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1:01.0570
49 Lenka Jarosova Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:01.1961
50 Fella Bennaceur Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1:01.2263 NR
51 Katarina Listopadova Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:01.2472
52 Linda Laihorinne Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:01.2760
53 Maida Turnadzic Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:01.3182
54 Alana Dillette Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 1:01.5164
55 Elimar Barrios Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 1:01.9578
56 Sofija Djelic Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:02.0979
57 Marellyn Lammert Liew Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia 1:02.1462
58 Christine Mailliet Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1:02.2253
59 Yasemin Rosenberger Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:02.5269
60 Kristina Bernice Lennox Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1:02.5666
61 Aiste Dobrovolskaite Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1:02.6055 NR
62 Eliana Barrios Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 1:02.9254
63 Loren Yamile Bahamonde Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 1:03.0568
64 Farida Osman Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1:03.2156
65 Koh Ting Ting Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1:03.2557
66 Yumisleisy Morales Mendoza Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1:03.3359
67 Grite Apanaviciute Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1:03.3852
68 Binta Zahra Diop Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 1:03.4751
69 Ting Sheng-Yo Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 1:03.7750
70 Marie Laura Meza Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 1:04.1843
71 Ileana Murillo Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 1:04.2146
72 Maria Georgina Gandionco Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:04.3442
72 Ramond Sherazad Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1:04.3458
74 Laura Lucia Paz Chavez Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg  Honduras 1:04.4540
75 Karrakchou Lilia Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1:04.9549
76 Chen Ting Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 1:05.0645
77 Pooja Raghava Alva Flag of India.svg  India 1:05.1348
78 Davina Mangion Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 1:05.4135
79 Simona Muccioli Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 1:05.5544
80 Karen Milenka Torrez Guzman Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 1:05.6433
81 Vandita Dhariyal Flag of India.svg  India 1:05.8022
82 Daniela Reyes Hinrichsen Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1:05.8338
83 Dalia Torrez Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 1:05.9334
84 Moira Fraser Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1:06.0536
85 Ma Cheok Mei Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 1:06.5147
86 Sharon Paola Fajardo Sierra Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg  Honduras 1:07.0741
87 Silvie Ketelaars Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg  Netherlands Antilles 1:07.4237
88 Monica Bernardo Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 1:07.5230
89 Shalia Millum Gardarnar Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 1:08.1739
90 Razan Taha Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 1:08.2825
91 Amina Meho Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 1:08.3932
92 Rachita Shah Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:08.8929
93 Talisa Pace Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 1:09.1024
94 Li Chuen Cheong Estelle Anais Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 1:09.5126
95 Gessica Stagno Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 1:09.6721
96 Miniruwani Samarakoon Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1:09.9928
97 Tieri Erasito Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 1:11.6320
98 Ashley Bransford Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 1:13.5123
99 Adele Rova Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 1:14.0415
100 Tin Hon Ko Adeline Mei-Li Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 1:14.0827
101 Gantumur Oyungerel Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 1:14.9914
102 Aelia Mehdi Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1:25.8813

Key: CR = Championship record, NR = National record

Semifinals

RankNameNationalityTimeHeatLaneNotes
1 Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 56.4424 WR
2 Jessicah Schipper Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 57.0825
3 Dana Vollmer Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 57.1914
4 Ingvild Snildal Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 57.2026 NR
5 Jiao Liuyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 57.2512
6 Aurore Mongel Flag of France.svg  France 57.3916 NR
7 Gabriella Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 57.4218 SA
8 Marleen Veldhuis Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 57.5617
8 Yafei Zhou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 57.5615
10 Christine Magnuson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 57.5923
11 Jeanette Ottesen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 57.6513
12 Daynara de Paula Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 57.6811
13 Felicity Galvez Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 57.7122
14 Annika Mehlhorn Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 57.9027 NR
15 Yuka Kato Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 57.9528
16 Ellen Gandy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 58.2521

Swim-off

RankNameNationalityTimeLaneNotes
1 Marleen Veldhuis Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 57.384
2 Yafei Zhou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 57.625

Finals

RankNameNationalityTimeLaneNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 56.064 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Jessicah Schipper Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 56.235 OC
Bronze medal icon.svg Jiao Liuyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 56.862 AS
4 Aurore Mongel Flag of France.svg  France 56.897 NR
5 Gabriella Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 56.941 =AM
5 Dana Vollmer Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 56.943 =AM
7 Ingvild Snildal Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 56.966 NR
8 Marleen Veldhuis Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 57.798

Note: The Dutch Record in this event is Inge de Bruijn's former World Record (56.61), which may help to explain why Veldhuis was the only finalist not to set a National Record (NR).